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Our sovereign voice returns with her to lead and guide this process.”Machado left Venezuela in December for Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for which she was awarded for promoting democratic rights.
She consistently pledged to return home and suggested a renewed presidential bid in any future election.During her more than ten months away, Machado traveled the world to rally political support from her allies including Trump to whom she gifted her Nobel Prize.
Although the Trump administration has shown support for Machado in the past, it has isolated her from Venezuela's ongoing political transition.Furthermore, Trump called Machado a “very nice woman,” after ousting her in January, but acknowledged she does not have the support within the country to be leader. ‘I am here’: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela from exile October 25, 2026.
